“19th.
“Well—what is your real opinion as to who is to
supply Liverpool’s place? I think
somehow it must be Canning after all,
and that then he’ll die of it. . . .”
George Canning (1770-1827)
Tory statesman; he was foreign minister (1807-1809) and prime minister (1827); a
supporter of Greek independence and Catholic emancipation.
